Slavoj Žižek has published 4 novels, 44 non-fiction books, 1 play and 10 other books, beginning with The Sublime Object of Ideology (1989). The best-known is Violence (2007). The latest is Heaven in Disorder (2022).
Updated September 2026
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Violence
Slavoj Žižek's most-read book.
Newest
Heaven in Disorder
Published 2022.
Standalone novels in order
The Sublime Object of Ideology (Dec 1989)
Slovenska Smer (1996)
Contingency, Hegemony, Universality (2000), with Judith Butler
Pandemic!: COVID-19 Shakes the World (Mar 2020)
Non-fiction in order
The Monstrosity of Christ (1977)
Looking Awry (1991)
Tarrying with the Negative (1993)
The Metastases of Enjoyment (1994)
The Žižek Reader (1995)
The Indivisible Remainder (1996)
The Abyss of Freedom (1997)
The Art of the Ridiculous Sublime (2000)
The Fragile Absolute (2000)
On Belief (2001)
The Fright of Real Tears (2001)
For They Know Not What They Do (2002)
Welcome to the Desert of the Real (2002)
Jacques Lacan (2003)
Organs Without Bodies (2003)
The Puppet and the Dwarf (2003)
Iraq (2004)
Lacanian Ink 26 - Anxiety (2005)
The Parallax View (Feb 2006)
Violence (2007)
In Defense of Lost Causes (2008)
First as Tragedy, Then as Farce (2009)
Living in the End Times (2010)
Most Sublime Hysteric (2011)
The Monstrosity Of Christ Paradox Or Dialectic (2011)
God in Pain (2012)
Less Than Nothing (2012)
The Year of Dreaming Dangerously (2012)
Demanding the Impossible (2013)
Privatization of Hope (2013)
Absolute Recoil (2014)
Event (2014)
Ieks Jokes Did You Hear The One About Hegel And Negation (2014)
Trouble in Paradise (2014)
Against the Double Blackmail (2016)
Disparities (2016)
Incontinence of the Void (2017)
The Courage of Hopelessness (2017)
Like a Thief in Broad Daylight (2018)
Sex and the Failed Absolute (2019)
Hegel in a Wired Brain (2020)
Left That Dares to Speak Its Name (2020)
Pandemic! (2020)
Heaven in Disorder (2022)
Plays in order
Antigone (2016)
Other books in order
The Plague of Fantasies (1997)
The Ticklish Subject (2000)
Did Somebody Say Totalitarianism? (2001)
Enjoy Your Symptom! (2001)
El Sublime Objeto De La Ideologia (2002)
Lacan (2006)
How to Read Lacan (How to Read) (2007)
Opera's Second Death (2013)
Relevance of the Communist Manifesto (2019)
Too Late to Awaken: What Lies Ahead When There Is No Future? (2023)
Film and TV adaptations
- The Parallax View (1974)Film · from The Parallax View
About Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Slavoj Žižek FAQ
- How many books has Slavoj Žižek written?
- Slavoj Žižek has published 4 novels, 44 non-fiction books, 1 play and 10 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Slavoj Žižek's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Violence.
- What is Slavoj Žižek's latest book?
- Heaven in Disorder (2022).
- What is Slavoj Žižek's most famous book?
- Violence (2007) is Slavoj Žižek's most widely read book.
- Which Slavoj Žižek books have been adapted?
- 1 book has been adapted for film or TV, including The Parallax View (film, 1974).
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Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.